Man illegally claimed council tax support

A Plymouth man must carry out 160 hours of community service after admitting to quitting his social housing property whilst he still claimed...

Cambs man wrongly claimed council tax support

A Fulbourn man has been fined for claiming more than £6,000 in benefits to which he was not entitled. Leslie Wilkinson, 70, admitted he fa...

Benefit fraudster loses his taxi licence

A Cambridge taxi driver has been barred from the trade after claiming more than £16,000 in benefits he was not entitled to. Mohammed Gulam...

Benefit fraudster told to sell fish

A benefit cheat pictured up a tree and on a zipwire while claiming he could barely walk has been told he must sell his Koi carp and coin col...

Light sentence for illegal sub-letting

A housing association tenant has been fined for sub letting his home. Edwin William Peacock appeared at Barrow Magistrates Court in the fi...

More fraud to find, says Cornwall

Cornwall Council's fraud investigation team has helped with cases of benefit swindles worth more than £630,000. Since April 2018 the f...

Facebook postings derailed claims in Spain

A benefits cheat swindled over £46,000 of housing handouts — while boasting of her Spanish property business on Facebook. Louise Jones, 50...

Light sentence for illegal sub-letting

A Cheltenham man has been fined nearly £500 for illegally sub-letting his flat. John Stevens, 55, had been a long time tenant of his Newto...

£55k benefit claimant had £84k inheritance

A mother claimed more than £55,000 in benefits when she had stashed away over £84,000 from money she inherited and invested. (h/t FraudManag...

Jailed benefit fraudster ordered to repay £47k

A Rosyth woman has been ordered to pay back more than £47,000 after being convicted of benefit fraud. Toni Claughan fraudulently claimed t...